The Virginia Community College System provides comprehensive higher education and workforce-training programs and services of superior quality that are financially and geographically accessible and that meet individual, business, and community needs of the Commonwealth.
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years. more...
More historical data is available for this agency on DPB's website under the
Virginia's Budget page. If you click on the Budget Round Description links under any of the "DPB Appropriation Database" tables and open the filter you can select various fields to get greater detail and you can select the official chapter data going back for several decades. The "Caboose" chapters are the final biennial budget approved by the General Assembly and signed into Law.
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Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$402,055,767
$607,871,905
$1,009,927,672
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$373,813,964
$680,675,685
$1,054,489,649
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$370,127,022
$1,040,663,854
$1,410,790,876
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$352,957,442
$1,044,664,961
$1,397,622,403
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$377,656,373
$1,180,327,566
$1,557,983,939
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$388,539,225
$1,182,968,173
$1,571,507,398
2014-2016
2015
Governor's Proposed Budget
$421,167,752
$1,211,827,951
$1,632,995,703
Base Budget
$388,539,225
$1,182,968,173
$1,571,507,398
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$32,628,527
$28,859,778
$61,488,305
2014-2016
2016
Governor's Proposed Budget
$420,902,548
$1,225,592,244
$1,646,494,792
Base Budget
$388,539,225
$1,182,968,173
$1,571,507,398
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$32,363,323
$42,624,071
$74,987,394
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
5,542.57
3,365.58
8,908.15
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
5,542.57
3,365.58
8,908.15
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
5,542.57
4,465.58
10,008.15
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
5,542.57
4,465.58
10,008.15
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
5,542.57
5,479.58
11,022.15
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
5,542.57
5,479.58
11,022.15
2014-2016
2015
Proposed Positions
5,542.57
5,794.58
11,337.15
Base Budget
5,542.57
5,479.58
11,022.15
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
315.00
315.00
2012-2014
2016
Proposed Positions
5,542.57
5,794.58
11,337.15
Base Budget
5,542.57
5,479.58
11,022.15
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
315.00
315.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
•
Provide additional appropriation for various nongeneral fund programs
Decision Package
Increases nongeneral fund appropriation to reflect anticipated revenues and expenditures for auxiliary operations, sponsored programs, and non-credit workforce instruction and economic development.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$28,795,000
$42,395,000
•
Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets
Base Budget Adjustment
Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the continued cost of public employee salary increases, increases in state employee health insurance premiums, changes in state employee retirement and other benefit contribution rates, and other centrally funded items being continued from the 2012-14 biennium into the 2014-16 biennium
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$15,634,808
$15,634,808
•
Provide support to higher education institutions to achieve the goals of the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011
Decision Package
Provides funding to higher education institutions in support of achieving the goals of the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011 (Top Jobs Act). The Top Jobs Act strives to incentivize higher education institutions to educate and graduate more Virginians, while encouraging more graduates in the sciences, technology, engineering, math, and health care fields, as well as supporting underrepresented students to graduate from higher education institutions. The goal is to achieve 100,000 additional undergraduate degrees by 2025 in order to keep the Commonwealth economically competitive, both nationally and internationally. The funding is also intended to slow the rising costs of tuition and fees in order to keep higher education both affordable and accessible.
Provides additional appropriation for student financial assistance.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$5,820,873
$5,820,873
•
Annualize faculty salary increases
Decision Package
Annualizes the funding for a three percent faculty salary increase provided in 2014.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$906,384
$906,384
•
Provide funding for the Rural Virginia Horseshoe Initiative
Decision Package
Provides funding for the Rural Virginia Horseshoe Initiative (RVHI), a joint project between the fourteen community colleges in rural areas of the Commonwealth, the foundations for the respective colleges, and the statewide foundation, the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$500,000
$500,000
•
Provide funding for the Regional Sector Strategies and Career Pathways grants
Decision Package
Provides funding for the Regional Sector Strategies and Career Pathways progam at Virginia's community colleges.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$500,000
$500,000
•
Adjust funding to reflect changes in rent charges at the seat of government
Decision Package
Adjusts agency funding for changes in the cost of rent charges at the seat of government. Overall rent rate changes are the result of additional costs to maintain facilities.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($198,468)
($417,891)
Nongeneral Fund
($118,068)
($248,602)
•
Transfer appropriation from Virginia Economic Development Partnership to the Virginia Community College System
Decision Package
Transfers funding from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to the Virginia Community College System to assist in the establishment of a center for manufacturing in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$195,000
$195,000
•
Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to the agency's budget to pay for the agency's share of the costs for the new Cardinal accounting system. The Department of Accounts allocates the yearly cost of the system to agencies based upon the number of transactions the agency completed in the previous fiscal year.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$0
$91,419
Nongeneral Fund
$0
$278,341
•
Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency's budget for workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 2015 and 2016 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$67,492
$81,143
Nongeneral Fund
$80,301
$96,543
•
Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to pay for the agency's share of ongoing Performance Budgeting system operating and maintenance costs. The general fund share of this cost was previously budgeted in Central Appropriations.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$38,439
$38,439
Nongeneral Fund
$117,032
$117,032
•
Continue funding for a planning grant for Governor’s School for Student Apprenticeships and Trades
Decision Package
Continues current funding and provide additional funding to continue the development and implementation of the Governor's Academy for Student Apprenticeships and Trades.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$180,000
($100,000)
•
Establish Veteran and Military Educational Consortium
Decision Package
Provides funding to establish a higher education consortium to help military personnel and veterans apply previous military training and education towards completing existing bachelor’s degree and professional certificate programs.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$46,000
$175,000
•
Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency budget for information technology and telecommunication charges based on the required cost of living adjustments contained in the Northrop Grumman contract and the elimination of the debt recovery surcharge originally approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 12, 2010.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($16,093)
($15,944)
Nongeneral Fund
($26,203)
($25,959)
•
Adjust funding for premium changes in the Automobile Insurance Liability program
Decision Package
Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state's Automobile Insurance Liability program.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$7,136
$7,136
Nongeneral Fund
$11,618
$11,618
•
Adjust funding for state agency Line of Duty costs
Decision Package
Adjusts funding for state agency Line of Duty Act premiums based on the 2015 and 2016 premium rates set by the Virginia Retirement System.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$1,708
$1,708
Nongeneral Fund
$98
$98
•
Realign positions with correct program
Decision Package
A technical adjustment to accurately reflect positions with the correct program.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Positions
315.00
315.00
•
Align appropriation with anticipated expeditures
Decision Package
A technical adjustment to realign appropriation among programs to reflect expenditure patterns.
•
Establish new fund detail for workforce development program
Decision Package
Provides authority for the Virginia Community College System to establish a new fund detail in workforce development and non-credit courses to accurately report revenue collections.
Capital Project Requests (in order of largest to smallest)
•
Construct parking garage, Blue Ridge
Provides nongeneral fund appropriation for the construction of a parking facility.
